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merrylander · #1 03-31-2012, 01:51 PM

Relaxing with my friend Sam Adams after mowing 3.5 acres, usually don't start before April 15th.

noonereal · #2 03-31-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

Relaxing with my friend Sam Adams after mowing 3.5 acres, usually don't start before April 15th.

Up here in NY we already mowed!

Can you believe it?

BlueStreak · #3 03-31-2012, 02:03 PM

My grass is a foot deep. I mowed it before the surgery. I was planning to do it today, but it's raining.......(And, I'm not supposed to be doing that yet.

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Dave

merrylander · #4 03-31-2012, 02:34 PM

Wasn't quite a foot deep but the first job was to pick up all the winter downed branches, that took most of a day. Then it rained, in fact it was/is supposed to rain here today. I hope so because I threw out some grass seed.

Charles · #5 03-31-2012, 05:53 PM

If I had the money, I'd cut down every damn tree on my property and then cover the lawn with concrete.

Chas

painter · #6 03-31-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

Wasn't quite a foot deep but the first job was to pick up all the winter downed branches, that took most of a day. Then it rained, in fact it was/is supposed to rain here today. I hope so because I threw out some grass seed.

Hubby mowed last week. We had snow yesterday (2--3") and temps that varied from 25--37 degrees.
Local farmers are concerned for the apple trees that were weeks ahead of production. Not to mention grape vines. And so it goes....

BlueStreak · #7 03-31-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles

If I had the money, I'd cut down every damn tree on my property and then cover the lawn with concrete.

Chas

A friend of mine covered his entire yard with rocks. Big ones. Sprayed the yard with Round Up and laid weedblock over it first, then sand, pea gravel, then the rocks.

I used to think he was nuts.

But, he doesn't even own a lawnmower........

Dave

Charles · #8 03-31-2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

A friend of mine covered his entire yard with rocks. Big ones. Sprayed the yard with Round Up and laid weedblock over it first, then sand, pea gravel, then the rocks.

I used to think he was nuts.

But, he doesn't even own a lawnmower........

Dave

When I was about 12, my dad put me in the lawn mowing business. Had to push that damned old 22" Briggs with a deck that was built like a '57 Buick all over town. Then I hit a water meter cover and he made me buy him a new mower.

Worked my ass off all summer and he wound up with a new mower while I wound up with around 20 bucks.

I've been sour on lawn mowing every since.

I didn't hate trees until I dropped around 10K cutting the bastards down, and there are more to go. Actually, it was the "Fence Row War" I became engaged in with one of my neighbors. But I don't want to say too much about it because the statutes of limitations may have not run out yet. Last time I really lost my temper.

One thing about it, they no longer fuck with me.

And Noon, in case you're wondering, I didn't use a gun.

Chas

noonereal · #9 03-31-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles

And Noon, in case you're wondering, I didn't use a gun.

Chas

Good to see you understand that it's just not necessary.

noonereal · #10 03-31-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

A friend of mine covered his entire yard with rocks. Big ones. Sprayed the yard with Round Up and laid weedblock over it first, then sand, pea gravel, then the rocks.

I used to think he was nuts.

But, he doesn't even own a lawnmower........

Dave

He should have just put down DDT, he may have grown an extra arm but nothing would grow there.